5. "What pissed you off about it?" In response to Reply # 3
I thought it was going to be really corny and it ended up being a lot better. Enjoyed the surreal elements of it and really liked the everything falls apart but still works out ending.
9. "you're not alone. I actually paid to go see it." In response to Reply # 3 Fri Feb-22-13 01:19 AM by Fructose Soda
Wackness indeed. The shit was too corny for my liking. Plus, it didn't feel genuine. And I kept waiting for something to happen. ANYthing. But nope. They just rode the "cutesy-flick-about-White-kids-in-yuppy-parts-of-NewYork-who-listen-to-WuTangClan?" wave.
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10. "this looks pretty decent. This Adam Leon dude" In response to Reply # 0
seems to have a knack for choosing Black/Latino characters in the Bronx as his main theme. His short film "Killer" is set to the year '89, blaring P.E. "Night of the Living Baseheads". Hmmmmmmmm
11. "This movie is the shit!!! Please go see this shit niggas!!!" In response to Reply # 0
Very heartfelt at times and constantly hilarious, I thought this film rang true to everyday life about taggers. It's nice to see a movie about innocent black youth doing their thing trying to get by. Surprised to see that Adam Leon, the writer/director, was white. Also, loved the two leads who are seriously educated. That made me smile. It also made me smile that Meeko who was former gang member, gave a great performance that was expanded after Leon saw that he was killing it. He told us he really wants an acting career and to better his life and not go back to the ghetto. Definitely gonna check it out again.
18. "Man this took me back" In response to Reply # 0
very true and not true NY piece ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
19. "Really sweet and funny. The leads were outstanding." In response to Reply # 0
And take a drink every time someone says "Yo"
A very New York slice-of-life piece
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21. "not great, but damn good." In response to Reply # 0
had a lot of heart, funny moments and a side of NY that is not en vogue in film anymore
at times it does get a bit aimless, and struggles to animate the central conflict or desire of the two leads, but overall i was smiling and enjoying myself
24. "It's an okay way of getting from one place to another." In response to Reply # 23
Not like it was a marathon of silent trudging like Meek's Cutoff or something. That's when some of the best exchanges happened . But I have a feeling the talking probably bothered you more than the walking.
I did start to worry about the shoeless kid's arches, though.
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25. "OH NO YOU DIDN'T IMPLY I'M AVERSE TO A SOLID CHARACTER STUDY!!!" In response to Reply # 24
NO. YOU. DIDN'T.
NUH UH!!!
or...
it was a bad film built on characters and scenarios that were utterly uninteresting or original.
no doubt in my mind you dumb niggas' affection for this film is built on the awkward clash of classes between a silly ass rich white girl and the young dumb nigga. it lasts for 10 minutes. and it was boring. and it went nowhere. and their second meeting was a cliché. and not a cliché in an earnest true-to-life way. it was a cliche' in the "as soon as her friend opened the door and said her first words to him, we knew where this was going" cliché.
26. "ha. I enjoyed it, but yeah." In response to Reply # 25
>it lasts for 10 minutes. and it was boring. and it went nowhere. >and their second meeting was a cliché. and not a cliché in an >earnest true-to-life way. it was a cliche' in the "as soon as her >friend opened the door and said her first words to him, we >knew where this was going" cliché. > >KIIIIIIIIIIDS WAAAAAAAAAAALKING!
27. "My Dinner with Andre--Siiiitttting, sitting, sitttttttttttingggggggggg" In response to Reply # 25
Not sure how the multiple t's or g's should be sounded out on that one.
Actually, I just figured your problem was with the characters doing the walking more than the walking.
As my previous post hinted, the second exchange with skull face was the worst part of the movie to me.
I liked the exchanges between the two leads and just about everyone else EXCEPT the Gossip Girls. Funny, good chemistry, all of that. But it's not like I grew up in inner-city New York, so I have no idea if it rings true in that context. Just know it was good enough to keep me invested throughout.
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30. "that's because DWA is compelling. the comparison offends me" In response to Reply # 27 Fri May-10-13 12:19 PM by Basaglia
i dunno why folks just can't admit this movie didn't go anywhere and if it were presented as a straight doc, following the lives of two NYC teen taggers for a day, no one would be able to tell the difference. if the PLOT centers on them tryna tag the apple, then they have to fail much bigger than they did...to make an INTERESTING story. the characters in and of themselves are not interesting, dogg.
and if you really wanted to be high-falutin (but not predictable) in referencing a people-sitting-and-talking flick, you ain't even have to take it back to DWA. that half hour of convo in hunger would have been some hot fiya esoteric condescension.
31. "Makes sense. Just don't agree." In response to Reply # 30
Thought the characters were interesting. Their main objective definitely fizzled out, and I can see how it could make it seem like the movie was too uneventful, but by the time that happened, I had enjoyed everything previous enough to not be bothered by it. You didn't. Cool.
But it's inaccurate to portray this as some tedious art house exercise in form. It's a fun, quick little low-budget movie--nothing to be mad at. Terrible is way too harsh, even though I can see being disappointed by it after the deluge of "You HAVE to see this praise." But I wasn't and I want it to succeed, although I guess it's too late.
I'll have to check out Hunger to step my condescension game up. All I have now is MDWA and KWL. And I made up that last acronym, so I don't even have that.
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28. ""People walking around" is a very critically popular indie subgenre." In response to Reply # 25
I haven't seen Gimme The Loot, but I can't tell you how many times I've been told to see a riveting little flick that no one has heard of, and it turns out to be just people walking around, staring off into the middle distance, and occasionally saying dialogue that could've been made up on the spot.
33. "Just watched this tonight. Very good but not quite great." In response to Reply # 0
I thoroughly enjoyed it despite some of its flaws.
Nothing went right for these kids and they just rolled with it. Stolen bike, lost shoes, robbed, getting got for your stolen phone (and then not even saying anything to the homie who told you about the spot).
But the film had a lot of heart. And though I'm not from New York, the movie felt so New York. I know people who think, and act just like the characters in the film.
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